Climate averages 1991–2020
Hosa’ina weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Hosa’ina: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is K’olīto (36 km away). In March its highs average 27.7°C, 3.6°C warmer than Hosa’ina, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hosa’ina ranks 36th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 36th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Hosa’ina is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 286 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Hosa’ina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 24.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 24.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 125 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 286 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 21.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 322 | 25.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 204 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 261 | 30.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 18.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 284 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 19.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 355 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 215 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 22.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 56 | 4.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 22.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 19 | 2.5 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 36 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Āreka in MarchEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Gununo in MarchEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Sodo in MarchEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in MarchEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Butajīra in MarchEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Awasa in MarchEthiopia · 88 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Shashamane in MarchEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hosa’ina) is explained once on the Hosa’ina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.